The barque
Peri, Captain J Steel, from London, anchored in harbour at 6 last evening, and berthed
alongside the Queen's Wharf early this morning. She left London on 13th Nov., and cleared
Gravesend on the 15th; passed the Start ofn the 18th, Cape Verde Islands on 4th Dec.,
crossed the Equator on 13th, in 29dg W., and on the 5th Jan., when off Tristan d'Acunah,
experienced fresh gale, which carried away the jib boom and main top-gallent yard. On the
13th Jan., a seaman named J E Peterson fell overboard and was drowned; particulars of the
occurrence will be found in another column. Sighted the Snares on the 18th inst and had
light variable weather up the coast.

DEATH OF A SAILOR ON THE PERIThe
Evening Post February 20th 1890

On the voyage of the barque Peri,
which arrived in harbour last evening from London, a seaman named J E Petersen fell
overboard and was drowned. The accident occurred on the 13th January while he was engaged
in setting up the gear connected to a new jib-boom, which was necessitated owing to the
old one having carried away during a heavy squall a few days previously. His fall was
unobserved by those on board, but he was seen in the water hanging on to the patent log
which was at the time dragging astern. His weight, however, was too great a strain on the
line, and it carried away. On the alarm being given the vessel was hove to, and a boat
left the ship about seven minutes later. He was then 200 to 300 yards astern, but the
unfortunate man sank before the boat could reach him, and he was not seen again, although
the boat pulled around the spot for two hours. The weather at the time of the accident was
very cold and the man was heavily clad.